The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) has long been one of the most pressing, pervasive and easily botched legal challenges for employers of all kinds. The law, which encompasses sensitive issues from overtime pay to ensuring breaks for nursing mothers and automatic deductions, is easily violated – and a series...

When it comes to smothering inventions, no one does it better than patent trolls, also known as “patent assertion entities,” “non-practicing entities,” or “non-manufacturing entities.” Whatever the name, these parasites feed off the work of legitimate manufacturing companies that strive to create products and American jobs.

On June 3rd, Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced Senate Bill 1501 to reauthorize the EB-5 regional center program, which is set to expire in September. The proposal would extend the program for five more years and would include significant changes about which EB-5 attorneys and their...